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drugs and alcohol

pills

Health

Next-gen microbiome drugs are now on sale – should you buy them?

Drugs that alter the microbiome seem to be treating blood pressure and migraine in clinical trials. And thanks to a legal loophole, you can already buy some of them

Insight

volcano picture

Earth

Volcanoes: Oxford exhibition gives the fiery inside story

Culture

Spraying fertiliser on wheat

Earth

A loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO2, mainly from fertiliser

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A cigarette

Health

Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too

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Strange futures, with air islands and dung radios

Technology

Strange futures, with air islands and dung radios

Culture

Coal getting passed arounf the Australian parliament

Earth

There's no such thing as 'clean coal' – it’s dirty and expensive

Analysis

The EU’s renewable energy policy is making global warming worse

Earth

The EU’s renewable energy policy is making global warming worse

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HIV

Life

HIV vaccine therapy lets five people control virus without drugs

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Woman running

Health

Exercise reduces death from breast cancer relapse by 40 per cent

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Lone soldier

Health

Screening soldiers doesn’t protect them from mental illness

Checking British soldiers for symptoms of PTSD, depression and alcohol problems doesn't prevent them from developing psychological illness after war

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Health

Two new drug therapies might cure every form of tuberculosis

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Life

Sperm whale's skin comes off during mass 'scratchathon'

Regulars

Health

Timing when you get pregnant could prevent a miscarriage

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Life

Metabolic switch may bring on chronic fatigue syndrome

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